Those, included vessels not related to transport such as . A construction program in Australia built a number of tugs for the Southwest Pacific Area in both LT and ST size. The MAC Log also said that up to this point the "MAC" had transported 36,000 troops over 120,000 nautical miles (220,000km; 140,000mi). 's stood there on deck watching their She was decommissioned at New York City 27 February 1946 and was returned to War Shipping Administration (WSA) for peacetime operations as a United States Army Transport (USAT) under bareboat charter until title was transferred on 30 August 1946. They settled in Chicago until 1988, at which point they moved to Omaha. Photographer Henry C. Steeber Date December 1949 Photo Designation JEWISH REFUGEES: POSTWAR IMMIGRATION -- North America -- Refugee Ships -- General [7], Three of those vessels, Coast Farmer, Dona Nati and Anhui, out of a number sent, managed to run the Japanese blockade of the Philippines and deliver supplies.[8]. earliest known usage. Those are found below under their Army names. She received four battle stars for Korean War service. that although the streets in America were not paved with gold, America was "As we moved up the Weser This reference provides text, photographs, charts, maps, and extensive indexes. existing example. General Tom Clark to convey a message to them from President Truman. NAMESAKE - Major General James H. McRae, born 24 December 1863 at Lumber City, Ga., was commissioned Second Lieutenant in 1886. He was awarded Silver Stars for gallantry in the Spanish-American War and in the Philippine Instruction; and received the Distinguished Service Medal as Commander of the 78th Division in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive of World War I. Governor Dewey, too, sent a welcome through his representative, while Mayor Seven cargo vessels were converted to spare parts depot ships to facilitate the maintenance of military equipment in oversea areas. Ainsworth. USS General W. G. Haan (AP-158) was a General G. O. Squier -class transport ship for the U.S. Navy in World War II. In July 1948, the U. S. Immigration Grover: grounded twice in 1943. A number of vessels were operated by the Army as small coastal freighters and passenger vessels without being formally given FP/FS numbers. Those included large troop and cargo transport ships that were Army owned hulls, vessels allocated by the War Shipping Administration, bareboat charters and time charters. A classified program named Operation Ivory Soap was conceived by the Air Technical Service Command to service aircraft close to the front in the Pacific Theatre of Operations. [51] Much of this work had been in relation to communications with far flung Army forces in the Philippines and Alaska. people forced to work in German factories and farms, some were survivors of were quite different from those pictured above. In addition to these there were a variety of small towing craft, numbering in thousands, termed motor towing launches (MTL), sometimes overlapping the STs in length, and marine tractors of 40'and less length, some with the colorful name of "Sea Mules" with dimensions of 40 x 13 x 8 and two Chrysler gasoline engines. Join TWS for Free Today! On 5 March 1975 she was sold to the Puerto Rico Maritime Authority and renamed SS Aguadilla. webmistress aboard, was greeted by a brass band waiting on the docks of Boston Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible. This letter brought a rush of memories, tables, except for mothers with small children who were given seats in the Only the first eight World War II-era LT numbered tugs built by Jakobson Shipyard, Oyster Bay New York, were given names during construction. Displaced Persons were mostly Eastern General J. H. McRae was launched 26 April 1944 by the Kaiser Co., Kaiser Shipyards, Yard 3, Richmond, California. Those, included vessels not related to transport such as mine vessels and waterway or port maintenance ships and other service craft. at Bremerhaven, many dressed in cast-off clothes and carrying their pitifully than a few lines without permission. Faqs. Troopships used during World War II included passenger liners such as SS America, C2s, C3s, C4s, Liberty and Victory ships, foreign ships taken over by the USA such as the Saturnia. page on the Internet or in published material please notify usmm.org @ comcast.net. On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to Military Sea Transportatio As USAT General J. H. McRae she transported troops through 1950. [43], SWPA CP Fleet, Army CS ships provided communications relays and acted as command posts (CP) for forward elements ashore. In 1947, USAT General S. D. Sturgis (McKeller Req1/MARAD VSC). was the first American troopship to carry European refugees to their new homes They were operated by Transportation Corps with a variety of crewing schemes. These were operated by the Quartermaster Corps. [1] USAT has 5 employees across 2 locations. (McKeller Req1/MARAD VSC). [51], The Army entered the field of undersea cable work in connecting the military installations in the Philippine Islands. [36], Eleven of these small ships were built for the U.S. Army Air Corps/Army Air Forces in late 1942 through mid 1943. postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of The Admiral Halstead, the Coast Farmer, and the MSSea Witch, chartered by WSA; and the Anhui, the Yochow and the Hanyang, believed to be chartered by the British Ministry of War Transport (BMWT) for the U.S. Army, though no official information concerning their status had been received. Boat drill on board of USAT Gen. J.H. Troopships were operated by the Army Transportation Service, with "civilian" mariners; by the U.S. Navy; and the War Shipping Administration. Laid down, date unknown, as a Maritime Commission type (C4-S-A1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 666) at Kaiser Co., Inc., Yard No. [54] That SpanishAmerican War prize was replaced by the larger Dellwood for work with Alaskan cables. The contract to construct Sterett was awarded on 20 September 1961. Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't VSC shows total loss, then revoked. The sixth, James B. Houston (1900) at 202ft (62m) was the Army owned Kvichak which had grounded off Canada, slipped into 80ft (24m) of water and was then salvaged in 1941. Both were associated with the next generation of mine planter development that incorporated some cable capability into the 1909 and 1917 ships. Technologies. Army Transport Service and its successor, Military Sea Transportation Service, Design 216 (Boat, Supply, Diesel, Steel, 99'). The family was sponsored for U.S. citizenship and sailed on the USAT General McRae on September 3, 1949. "Cargo of Hopes," John K. Tennant, The Mast Magazine, December McRae. All served in the Southwest Pacific Area. Each ship was assigned a complement of 344 soldiers who were trained for marine operations. USS Sterett (DLG/CG-31) was a Belknap-class destroyer leader / cruiser.She was the third ship to be named for Master Commandant Andrew Sterett (1778-1807), who served during the Quasi-War with France and the Barbary Wars.She was launched as DLG-31, a frigate, and reclassified a cruiser (CG) on 30 June 1975.. Five, from 350ft (110m) to 390ft (120m) in length, were built on the Great Lakes from 1901 to 1913. The U.S. Army Mine Planter Service (AMPS), under the Coast Artillery Corps, operated ships designated as U.S. Army Mine Planter (USAMP) to 'plant' the controlled mines guarding approaches to coastal fortifications. [69][70], Mine Planters & Associated Ships 1904-1909;[70], Numbered Mine Planters 1942-1943;[70][92][93], .mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}[A]Cyrus W. Field was a Signal Corps ship closely associated with mine cable work and sometimes listed with the planters. USS General J. H. McRae (AP-149) was a General G. O. Squier -class transport ship built for the United States Navy in World War II. Contact. Some were "ostarbeiter" [eastern-workers] -- Among those in the 1918 register were Major L'Enfant, a steamer that served on the Potomac and burned in Baltimore on 3 December 1919[131][132][133] and General Meigs, a Quartermaster Corps passenger and freight steamer built in 1892 by John H. Dialogue & Son, Camden New Jersey, and serving in the early 20th century with a name given to much larger ships later. O'Dwyer spoke of the people of New York City itself. Vertrek Korea vrijwilligers met het Amerikaans troepentransportschip 'General J., Bestanddeelnr 904-4990.jpg 3,466 2,866; 1.75 MB. [1] These included: Some vessels were acquired postwar, including: This is a partial list of ships in Army service under one of the following arrangements: Ships known to fall in each of these categories appear in the list below. from the large deck vents which constantly emitted nauseating smells and fumes.". Maryland Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS_General_J._H._McRae&oldid=1149033370, Cold War auxiliary ships of the United States, Transport ships of the United States Army, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. Dimensions were 158' 3" LOA 32' beam (moulded) at deck 8' draft powered by two 300hp diesels,[42] and was equipped with a 30-ton jumbo lift boom along with regular cargo booms and had a cargo capacity of 500 measurement tons. [I guess I passed the test.]. USS General J. H. McRae (AP149) was a General G. O. Squierclass transport ship built for the United States Maritime Commission during World War II. The ship was crewed by the U.S. Coast Guard until decommissioning. Learn about over 1,000 camps and ghettos in Volumes I-III of this encyclopedia, which are available as a free PDF download. USS General J. H. McRae; USS General J. H. McRae; USS General J. H. McRae; amerikanisches Schiff; ship built in 1944; schip van de United States Navy; , 1944 ; barku den Estadonan Uni di Merka, USAT General J. H. McRae underway, circa 1946-1950 (NH 105099).jpg, Vertrek Korea vrijwilligers met het Amerikaans troepentransportschip 'General J., Bestanddeelnr 904-4990.jpg, Vertrek Korea vrijwilligers met het Amerikaans troepentransportschip 'General J., Bestanddeelnr 904-4994.jpg, Vertrek Korea vrijwilligers met het Amerikaans troepentransportschip 'General J., Bestanddeelnr 904-4996.jpg, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:USS_General_J._H._McRae_(AP-149)&oldid=435983999, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. [16][17], The ships were designated as Aircraft Repair Units, Floating (ARUs) and operated by the Army Transport Service, all of whose officers and men were merchant mariners. During 1944 she sailed from West Coast ports carrying troops to Honolulu, Hawaii and other Pacific Theater destinations. example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same [56] Army ship management lay in the Quartermaster Corps and later the Transportation Corps. She was converted to a container ship by the Maryland Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in 19691970. take forever for the pages to load. [1], As USAT General J. H. McRae she transported troops through 1950. Restorer in 1941. Holocaust Memorial Museum will help you learn more about the Holocaust and research your family history. Placed in Service March 1 1950 - Out of Service October 29 1954. Conversion began in the spring of 1944. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. 1948 [14]) These craft are identified by the following hull code and type; The US Army Corps of Engineers has a total of 11 dredge vessels, divided into hopper and non-hopper dredges. http://www.navalcovermuseum.org/w/index.php?title=GENERAL_J_H_McRAE_T-AP_149&oldid=142743. Sold for commercial service in 1968. were not used and remained folded up it was quite crowded. The Army heritage of civilian crewed transports and cargo ships continued in the operating model for MSTS and its "in service" non-commissioned ships designated as U.S. Harbor tugs were Small Tugs (ST). All the Navy's "Admiral" ships were transferred to the Army post war and were then renamed for generals. The Army did name a number of its non P2 type ships, many pre war, after generals. The Navy reacquired the ship during the mass transfer of Army ships to Navy on 1 March 1950 and assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS). Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Vertrek Korea vrijwilligers met het Amerikaans . Boat drill on board the DP transport ship, USA General J.H. USS Redwood (AN-30/YN-25) was an Aloe-class net laying ship which was assigned to serve the US Navy during World War II with her protective anti-submarine nets. The original image is printed on a postcard which was mailed 11 August 1969. by 4 days. McRae. [44][45][46], The Army had a history of submarine cable work by the time of World War II operations, dating back to the 1899-1900 period. Others were long term allocations to Army by the War Shipping Administration so that they operated as Army transports and cargo vessels for much of the war. USS General J. H. McRae (AP-149) was a General G. O. Squier-class transport ship built for the United States Maritime Commission during World War II. The ships were fitted with machine tools, cranes, and all the equipment necessary for a machine shop, including welding, radiator, tank, wood, patterns, blue print, electrical, fabric and dope, paint, air-conditioned instrument and camera shops, radio, battery, propeller, tires and fuel cells, armament and turrets, plating, radar, carburetor, and turbo-super-charger. She was named for US Army Major General James H. McRae. Refugee Organization. 's," The Mast Magazine, September General McRae died 1 May 1940 at Berkeley, Calif. {DANFS}. Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. All structured data from the file namespace is available under the. representing the nations from which these future citizens had been drawn. The list is in chronological order. Williams, Greg H.; "World War II U.S. Navy Vessels in Private Hands"; McFarland Books, 2013; This page was last edited on 9 April 2023, at 20:01. George D. 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Marshall in World War II", "Chapter XVI: Developing Beaches and Reconstructing Ports", "Chapter XVII: Preparing to Reconstruct Ports", "Chester Harding in San Francisco Bay, December 1973", "Forts Under the Sea: Submarine Mine Defense of San Francisco Bay", "Coast Artillery Corps Army Mine Planter Service", "17. For most refugees their embarkation point was Bremerhaven; others Many passengers were seasick. On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to Military Sea Transportation Service and operated . Home, www.USMM.org 1998 The more confusing ships are those that were short-term or time or voyage chartered ships.[1]. McRae (T-AP-149) in 1950. She was sold for scrapping in Taiwan, 2 October 1986 and broken up in 1987.[4]. of greeting reached a crescendo. During World War II the U.S. Army operated approximately 127,793 pieces of floating equipment. For example, the 1918 registry, Merchant Vessels of the United States, under its Quartermaster vessels section lists some 33 small passenger and freight steamers, many former commercial vessels, ranging from the 72.1ft (22.0m) Peterson[131] to the 185ft (56.4m) El Aguila. Eventually, the United States, We learned to avoid being downwind Troops and Supplies", "Military Sealift Command celebrates 50 years of service", "Online Library of Selected Images: Ships of the United States Army", "USNS Sgt. Technical management of the cable ships was under Signal Corps and the entire enterprise of undersea cable work was the very specialized realm of several large communications corporations which operated their own cable vessels and provided experts in handling cable equipment and cable. For example, Smithsonian Institution library records clearly show some of these Army ships as CS Dellwood and CS Silverado. In 1946 she was transferred to the US Army and operated as USAT General J. H. McRae. 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